bottle feeding for a 81/2 month old baby

my daughter will be 9 months on dec 23. iv read things that say babies need to be off bottles now. im freaking out. she loves her bottle. she can drink out of a sippy cup, but prefers formula in bottle every 3 to 4 hours. she eats baby food and our food. her pedi told us was ok for her to eat it as long as it was fully cooked, small enough where she wont choke, or with no added stuff on it, so she gets enough food (and she is not over weight, actually a little under but she is tall) what is a good food schudel for her or when should i take bottle away?

I think the general idea is to wean off the bottle by or around 12 months. Just keep using the sippy more and more - it will happen on it's own. Some babies aren't weaned from the bottle until 15 months - doesn't mean there's a problem, some just take longer than others :-)

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